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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1944
Page
4
The Amarillo Globe published in Amarillo Texas notes founding date February 20 1024 and second class matter status after filing February 20 1994. It lists publishers president and editor in chief and other staff with office contact details and publication schedule.
Karl Bickel reflects on wartime attitudes and duties. He argues Americans cheer the Russian advance and must return empties to support supplies for soldiers, noting 150 million beverage bottles to be shipped overseas and 500 million empties in households. He cites prisoner reports and urges hard peace talks for Europe.
A column argues against postponing political outcomes in Italy while Allied forces suppress anti-Fascist revolt. It contends occupation authorities may back entrenched regimes, repeating 1918 Germany errors and risking suppressed revolts turning violent or uncontrollable.
In a wartime diary style report Ernie Pyle describes a Steubenville native and seven aerial gunners in an Italian tent who cook potatoes fried in a gasoline stove and scramble eggs with them. The piece recounts harrowing combat memories from crew members Robert Sweigert Guadalupe Tanguma Charles Ramseur and others with details of injuries planes crashes and wartime duties.
Evelyn Boyd tours 11 Amarillo Army Air Field PXs noting they draw soldiers as gathering spots like old country stores. The exchanges run 8,000 to 16,000 dollars daily, fund improvements for mess halls and entertainment, and offer coin machines, hot dogs, candy, and services from barber to tailor shops while emphasizing cleanliness and service.
A compact devotional line cites Psalm 51:15 on opening lips for praise and a quirk about lips versus head from Lyly, noting a playful medieval style. The fragment pairs sacred exhortation with a witty observation on speech and perception.
Horizontal clues include Pictured singing screen star Jeanette and terms for heart egg and disfigure. Vertical entries cover royal authority symbols diminishing terms and various scientific degrees with many named clues.
Readers relay a pair of home front and overseas vignettes. Amarillo policewoman confronts an 8 year old Commando over a tossed rock while Cape Gloucester Marines recount a tree sniper tale and a Pearl Harbor private seeks the first sergeant. The pieces mix local worry with wartime bravado.
A March 13 report from Princeton cites a Gallup poll showing broad support for drafting single women 21 to 35 into non combat roles like the WACs, with 78 percent of women favoring single women draft compared to 72 percent of men. The survey compares current results with December 1943 findings.
Tom Robinson recalls his brother Bud mastering car tricks and dinner table magic that left guests astonished. Bud could make food disappear faster than any magician. Mrs. Wallace Stone jokes her feet hurt, noting it’s not age but the mile age.
A Navy pharmacist’s mate recounts anti aircraft fire near the English coast and escape to London. Marines’ discipline contrasts with captivity handling while a bomber pilot radios from Bougainville. Trade wisdom from U S C of A president emphasizes turnover over unit profit. Navy Secretary Fray Knox cautions against any early war end.
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